Government Plans Voluntary Freeze on Prices and Wages
Washington report details a proposed voluntary cap on prices and wages to curb inflation tied to defense spending. ESA chief Valentine weighing a December 1 base. compulsory controls possible by March with review of car ceilings and broader industry effects.
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Washington
Alan Valentine
Economic Stabilization Authority
ESA
Valetine
Truman
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Wilson
Valentine
General Motors
Ford
G. M
Chrysler
Nash
Philadelphia Defenses Demonstrated In Mock Atomic Attack
Philadelphia staged an eight hour mock atomic attack exercise conducted by the Civil Air Patrol. Major Gen L B Beau stated the city is ahead in civil defense as planes from Lancaster York and other bases converged on Northeast Airport to establish stations kitchens and mobile power plants. Wounded were evacuated to League Island golf course as officials and thousands observed the drill.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Civil Air Patrol
Lancaster
York
Harrisburg
Scranton
Chester
Northeast
League Island Golf Course
General Beau
Bernard Samuel
Washington
Italian Red on Way to Russia
Italian Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti, recovering from brain surgery, reportedly left for Moscow by train. French Communist Maurice Thorez is already in Moscow for treatment after a Paris stroke two months earlier.
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Rome
Europe
Moscow
Ansa
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Maurice Thorez
Paris
Mac McKee Radio Pioneer Of Monroe Needs No Introduction
Monroe business figure Mac McKee leads McKee Radio Service in West Monroe at 104 Riverfront. A radio enthusiast since youth, he taught radio for the Signal Corps in World War II and remains active in civic groups including Kiwanis and the Twin City Chamber of Commerce. He is married to Hazel Sherrard with two children.
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Monroe
Mac McKee
McKee Radio Service, Inc
Riverfront, West Monroe
Mr. McKee
Hazel Sherrard
Bienville
Louisiana
Marilyn Ann
McKee
West Monroe
Kiwanis Club
Twin City
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Tricycles
Bendix
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Children’s Rockers
Monroe, la
J. C
Willhite
Ouachita
Toni Humphries
Milliken Woolens
Bates and
Indian Head Cottons
Louisville
Roy Cole
Ned Leigh
Roy Cole, Jr
Cole & Leigh
Life & Accident
H. T. Poulan
Poulan’'s Electrical Co
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Jack Ober
G. R. Ober
Ober
Mae McKee
Clyde Jordan, Jr
Radio Service, Inc
Xmas Records
A. E. Aldredge DeSiard
M. Hatcher
Travis Tines
Hatcher Roofing & Sheet Metal Co
R. A
Bob
Coleman Coleman Mfg. Co
Coleman Contractor Homes & Commercial Property
Tom H. Monk
Monroe Storage Battery, Inc
Willard Batteries
Cushman Scooters
United Motors Service
Gene Pettit
Mgr
Louisiana” Cooperative
Sterlington
Rayville
Deno and
Harry Kokinos
Kokinos
Gene Lutz
Sporting Goods
S. W. Barnett
M. E
Mutt) Nixon
Mig. Co
Venetian
DeSiard
Thelma Bond
Bond
New “Coffee Corner
Catalpa & Harrison
Jack Pogue
Oren Atkins
Bill Pogue
Pogue-Atkins Co
Neon Signs
Central Heating Hill Commercial Refrigeration Sheet Metal & Heating Supplies
Stanley St
Shank
Public Loan Corp
America
No. 2Nd St
Pop
Portman
Highway 80
Lena Dean
Arkansas
Clifton
Jesse
Inez
Mr. Portman
The
First Baptist Church
C. G. Pearce, Sr
C. G. Pearce, Je
Pearce
Pop) Portman
Jesse Portman
Portman's Drive-Inn
W. M
Raymond John
Twin City Tire & Recapping Co
Seiberling Tires
E. W
Cruse Rentals—Property Management
E. W. Cruse
Realtor Homes
Nona Martin
Emma Lee Short
Martin Marble
Granite Works
Jackson St
Howard Griffin
Johnson
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Mrs. Hirsch
Henry Haas, Jr
Mrs. Arent
Walter Reed Commercial & Domestic
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Walter Reed Refrigeration
J. Paul Hewitt
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